Wheel-rim.



G. B. AUSTIN.

WHEEL RIM. APPLICATION mso APH. 26, 1915.

Patented May, 19H16;

Miri/fesses I with GEURGE B. AUSTIN, 0F JUNGO, NEVADA.

'WHEEL-RIM.

Application filed April 26, 1915.

To all 'uz/tom t may conc rn f Be it known that I, Grosor. B. AUSTIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Junge, in the county of Humboldt, State of Nevada, have invented a new and useful Wheel-Rini, of which the following is a specication in such full and clearterms as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and use the same.

This invention relates to a clencher tire wheel rim, the object of' which is to provide a clencher rim with means whereby the tire may be removed therefrom without lifting the bead off the tire over the top of the rim flange.

It will be understood by those skilledv in the art that the diliiculty of'putting on and removing clencher tires is very considerable, and in addition the tire bead is often broken or injured by the undue stretching it gets in the process.

p his invention provides the clencher rim` with a removable flange for one half of one side, thereby making it possible to place the tire on the rim with the least Ypossible labor and Without stretching the bead.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the drawing, in which the same reference numeral is applied to the same portion throughout, but 1 amaware that there may be many modilications thereof.

Figure 1 is a side elevation -ot' a. wheel this rim applied thereto, Fig. 2 is a. plan view ot' the removable part of the rim showing the bolt for connecting said parts with the wheel and rim, Fig. 3 is a development on a larger scale of one half ot' the rim, Fig. 4; is a side elevation of' the removable parts of the rim where they are joined, Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view` of the rim adjacent the bolt for securing the removable parts thereto, Fig. 6 is a cross section of the rim at the end of one of the removable `parts showing the reinforcement therein in which the removable part of the rim yis seated, and Fig. 7 isa cross section of the rim on the line 7 -7 Fig. 3.

The numeral 1-rcpresents a wheel which may be ot any suitable type. The wheel is provided with a rim 2, said rim having one complete flange 3 and a flange 4 extending only one half way around it. The short flange has its ends cnt on reverse bcvels as at 5 and 6 and it has reinforcing parts 7 and' 8 at said ends pressed down to form pockets Specification of Letters Patent.

l with the lug 17,

Patented hilary 3U, 1mm., serial No. 23,832.

for the ends of the detachable quarter flanges 9 and 10.

The main rim, which also forms the felly band for holding the wheel together, is provided with six hooks or lugs 11 to 16 inclusive, three for each quarter flange. The hooks project through holes in the quarter flanges and when they are in place thereon prevent the detachable quarter flanges from moving sidewise under the pressure of the tire beads. I

At the center of the open side of the rim there is a lug 17 and the quarter rims have lugs 18 and 19 respectively which register through the wheel felly band and said lugs to secure the two detachable flanges in place on the wheel. The ends of the detachable flanges are reversely tapered to fit the main body of the rim and their ends 21 and 22 are tapered to fit each other, one being put on before the other.

An advantage of the construction just disclosed lies in the fact that there is only one bolt toremove when a tire change is to be made.

In use the nut on the bolt 2O is removed, the bolt is driven back until it is free of the lugs 18 and 19, whereupon the detachable flanges may be taken ofl" the rim with the fingers, the tire bead being easily pushed back enough to lift the flanges over the tops of the lugs 11 to 16. When the quarter flanges have been removed there is nothing to prevent the complete removal of the tire without stretching its replaced in the reverse order.

Having thus described my invention what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of' the United States, is as follows, modifications claims being expressly reserved:

1. A; wheel rim comprising a felly band having an integral flange on one side and on substantially one half the other side, lugs carried by the felly band, a. pair of tapered end flanges to complete the half flange of the rim, each of said flanges having openings to coperate with the lugs and beine substantially one quarter the length of the complete flange, and a bolt to secure both of said tapered end flanges to the wheel. j

2. A wheel rim comprising a telly band having an integral flange on one side and on substantially one halt' the other side, said rim also having a bolt 2O being passed bead. The tire is within the scope of' the4 pockets adjacent the ends of the hal:l flange, a pair of tapered end flanges each having a lug at one end and the other ends thereof being adapted to be seated in said pockets of the rim, and a bolt ,adapted to pass through both' of said lugs to secure the taperedA end flanges to the Wheel rim.

8. A Wheel rim comprising a. felly band having an integral flange on one side and on substantially one half the other side, said rimA also having pockets adjacent the ends of the half flange, a plurality of locking lugs secured to said rim, a pair of tapered end flanges eaeh'having a lug at one end and the other end thereof being adapted to be `Amy hand this 17th day of April'A. D. 1915,

in the presence of the two subscribed Witnesses.

GEGRGE B. AUSTIN.

Witnesses C. P. GRIFFIN, L. H. ANDnnsoN. 

